Klaus Schäfer

Klaus Schäfer

• CEO Uniper

Klaus Schäfer has been Chief Executive Officer of Uniper since January 2016 ahead of the spin-off from the E.ON Group. Uniper is a major international energy company and operates in Europe, Russia, and a number of other markets around the world in power generation, gas up- and midstream, global commodities and engineering.

With more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector, Klaus has held a number of top management positions in the E.ON Group before the split. He was Member of the Board of E.ON, CEO of E.ON Global Commodities and E.ON Ruhrgas, and he held senior executive positions in E.ON Italia, E.ON Sales & Trading and Thüga.

Klaus obtained his master degree in management from the ESCP Europe School of Management in Paris, Oxford and Berlin.